Morning Minutes: Aug. 23

Monday

Aug 23, 2010 at 12:01 AMAug 23, 2010 at 11:08 PM

Word of the Day, Website of the Day, Number to Know, This Day in History, Today’s Featured Birthday and Daily Quote.

Word of the Day

Vicarious vye-KAIR-ee-us (adj.) Done or suffered for the benefit of someone else; sharing in someone else’s experience through the use of the imagination or sympathetic feelings - www.merriam-webster.com

Website of the Day

Word Games
www.wordgames.com

For fans of word games (“Scrabble,” “Boggle” and the like), this site will be fun place to spend a few hours. There are word searches, typing challenges, crossword puzzles and more. Do some browsing to find your favorite.

Aug. 23, 1784: Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it wasn’t accepted into the United States, and only lasted for four years.

Today’s Featured Birthday

Basketball star Kobe Bryant (32)

Daily Quote

“Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.” – Author Nelson DeMille, who was born on this date in 1943.